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Yesterday | The Modesto Bee

$1M price tag put on UC Merced graduation

The cost for May's commencement at the University of California at Merced - with a keynote address by first lady Michelle Obama - finally has been tallied: $1,047,338.82. Private contributions of more than $185,000 added to $500,000 in interest on a private endowment fund, managed by the UC Office of the President, have helped offset the cost.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Atwater Signal

Cost of bringing Michelle Obama to UC Merced? More than $1 million

The total cost for last month's commencement ceremony at UC Merced has finally been tallied: $1,047,338.82. Private contributions of more than $185,000 added to $500,000 in unrestricted interest earnings on a private endowment fund, managed by the UC Office of the President, have helped offset the cost of the event.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

ABC30.com

U.C. Merced Prepares for Possible Cuts

U.C. Merced employees are voicing their concerns about possible pay cuts and furloughs to deal with a lack of state funding.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Atwater Signal

Suspect identified in 1998 murder at Merced National Wildlife Refuge

A suspect has been named in the 1998 unsolved killing of a 28-year-old man at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Atwater Signal

Merced teacher fighting leukemia after dad's bout

EDITOR'S NOTE: Kaaren Morgner teaches fifth grade at St. Paul Lutheran, alongside Brenda Mognis, a teacher battling chronic myelogenous leukemia.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

KNBC-TV

NorCal Inmate Leaves Bride at Altar, Goes on the Lam

Wednesday was supposed to be the happiest day of Manuel Victor Guzman's life. It still may be.

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Atwater Signal

Showdown on Wal-Mart distribution center near

By the first Monday in July, Merced planning officials should have the final report that chronicles how the proposed Wal-Mart distribution center will change the city.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Fresno Bee

Updates: Merced Co. con leaves bride at the altar

Merced County authorities are searching for a convicted burglar who escaped jail Wednesday.

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CBS 47

Man escapes from Jail, Ditches Wedding

A Merced man escaped from jail Wednesday on pass to get married, but instead he abandons his wife to be at the ceremony.Twenty-nine-year-old Manuel Victor Guzman was given a four hour pass from Merced Main Jail so he could get married.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Swine flu confirmed in Merced

The two cases of probable swine flu reported in Merced County earlier this month have been confirmed, Merced County public health officials said Friday.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Atwater Signal

Two men shot at off-duty officer, Merced Police say

Two men are in police custody after an off-duty officer was shot at early Friday morning, according to the Merced Police Department.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Atwater Signal

Off-duty Merced police officer shot at; two teens in custody

Two suspected gang members have been charged with attempted murder in connection with a Friday morning shooting involving an off-duty Merced police officer.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Atwater Signal

Merced officer shoots at driver during late-night showdown

A Merced Police officer had no choice but to shoot at a reckless driver who was about to run him over in a showdown near Farmdale Elementary School last night, officials said.

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Atwater Signal

Video: Arrests made after Merced police officer is fired upon

Two men are in police custody after an off-duty officer was shot at early Friday morning, according to the Merced Police Department.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

ABC30.com

Multiple Shots Fired at Merced Off-Duty Officer

Two men are under arrest in the North Valley after police say they shot at an off-duty officer.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Atwater Signal

Herbert A. Opalek: Summer comes to Merced

As an East Coast transplant, I expected every summer in Merced County to be idyllic.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

KMJ-AM Fresno

Merced Supervisor Asked to Resign Air Board

Plan on picketers at this week's meeting of an air quality board in Fresno, following the controversial comments of one board member.

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Atwater Signal

Merced man injured in one of two shootings

An 18-year-old man was injured late Friday after he was shot In the 1200 block of 12th Place in South Merced.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Atwater Signal

Measure C money ... roads or cops? Merced City Council will decide Monday

Merced leaders on Monday will decide whether to spend about $500,000 of Measure C revenue on streets or safety.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Atwater Signal

Man injured as truck slips and crashes

A man was flown to the hospital Thursday after his truck slipped on a fuel spill and crashed into a guardrail on southbound Highway 99, near Yosemite Park Way, the California Highway Patrol reported.

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